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Coe College’s aviation program earns Part 141 ground certification

The Federal Aviation Administration has approved Coe College’s application to operate the ground portion of its aviation management and flight operations program as a Part 141-approved school. Students training at Coe’s Aeronautical Field Station at the Eastern Iowa Airport will…

Jennie Wunderlich: Inspiring local youth to grow and connect

Jennie Wunderlich knows her two strongest passions in life are logistics and youth. She also…

Jennie Wunderlich

Deborah Lindberg Gertsen: ‘Don’t wait for someday…’

Deborah Lindberg Gertsen works in a bank, but she is not a banker. She brings…

Deborah Lindberg Gertsen

UI professor awarded $600K NSF grant to accelerate drug development

A University of Iowa engineering professor is developing advanced computer models aimed at accelerating the…

UI professor of biomedical engineering Michael Schnieders.

Iowa’s labor, unemployment rate steady in March

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment and labor force participation rates held steady in March amid modest…

Iowa Workforce Development office unemployment

Cedar Rapids hospitals warn of potential phone scam

UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital and Mercy Medical Center, both in Cedar Rapids, are warning the…

Hospital phone scam

Grain Indemnity Fund assessment to end September

The Iowa Grain Indemnity Fund Board has voted to end assessments on grain sold to…

Grain silos

Field to Family’s online market returns weekly for the season

Field to Family will launch its 2025 weekly Online Market on Sunday, April 20, with…

Field to Family kicks off its Online Market season the week of Earth Day. Pictured: Online Market food drive in September 2023, hosted by CommUnity Crisis Services.

Holiday Inn Express opens new location in Marion

Holiday Inn Express has opened its new location in Marion, developers announced this week. The…

Holiday Inn Express Marion

Ribbon cutting ceremony scheduled for completion of Marion’s Central Plaza

The City of Marion has scheduled a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of the…

A rendering of Marion's Central Plaza in the summer.

Iowa Leading Indicators Index again up slightly in February

The Iowa Leading Indicators Index (ILII) increased to 107.0 in February from 106.7 in January,…

Iowa Leading Indicators Department of Revenue

BHFO to lay off 32 workers in May

BHFO, an online discount designer fashion retailer based in Cedar Rapids, will lay off 32…

BHFO headquarters at 4520 20th Ave SW Cedar Rapids.

Three finalists announced for Grand Impact pitch competition

The Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids has announced that NewBoCo, Trees Forever, and Willis Dady…

Grand Impact

Greater Iowa City, Inc. to host Mental Health First Aid training

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Greater Iowa City, Inc. is inviting local employers…

Megan Hammes of Hammes Homestead and Consulting leads a Mental Health First Aid training course for industry leaders. Ms. Hammes is leading a workshop at MERGE in Iowa City May 6 and 7.

St. Luke’s Auxiliary donates $250,000 for mental health services

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Auxiliary has gifted a quarter-million-dollars to St. Luke’s Foundation for…

AbbeHealth Abbe Center

Big Grove For Good provides $48,000 in grants to six nonprofits

Big Grove For Good, founded by Big Grove Brewery, has awarded $48,000 to six nonprofits…

A view of the front entrance of the Big Grove Brewery’s Cedar Rapids taphouse at a recent sunset. CREDIT BIG GROVE